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Smoke from the West Mims Fire was visible above this road in Charlton County. (Credit: Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge)

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The West Mims Fire covered about 133,744 acres Sunday night in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

A mandatory evacuation has broadened to include multiple South Georgia areas as a wildfire approaches communities on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp.

Rita Baysinger, who came from Colorado to help the U.S. Forest Service as a spokeswoman, said Monday that Moniac and Canaday Loop were ordered to evacuate.

She said she doesn't know how many have evacuated the area, but that it is the second round of evacuations.

The West Mims Fire covered about 133,744 acres late Sunday in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

That’s up from more than 118,000 acres torched when the initial mandatory evacuation was issued Saturday for the unincorporated community of Saint George in Charlton County, Georgia Fish and Wildlife Service reported.